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  1. Bellhorn04
    I'm not certain at all. But I think he's earned a shot. They signed him and he's pitched much better than expected. If they don't bring him up he can walk May 1.
  2. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, they have to make a decision in a couple of days. My guess is still Buchholz goes on the DL to make room for Cook.
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  4. Bellhorn04
    Winning solves a lot of s***.
  5. Bellhorn04
    Minnesota and Chicago have not been places that the Sox have had a lot of success in, so weak competition or not this is good stuff.
  6. Bellhorn04
    So why didn't the White Sox bring that guy in to face McDonald? Must have been the old 7 run rule.
  7. Bellhorn04
    Duquette did lay the foundation, no question. But there were a lot of pieces added in 2003 and 2004. Duquette gets a good share of the credit but to say Epstein did little to improve on what he had is crazy.
  8. Bellhorn04
    He had a .455 OBP in September though. He was getting walked a ton. I think maybe the expectations of the guy are a little too high sometimes. He's a great hitter.
  9. Bellhorn04
    Yeah, it was the pitching staff that s*** the bed last September.
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  11. Bellhorn04
    Good: Okajima...and now, maybe, Tazawa.
  12. Bellhorn04
    Tazawa is a sight for sore eyes.
  13. Bellhorn04
    700 hitter, what do you think of the White Sox 9-run rule?
  14. Bellhorn04
    You said it with conviction and you nailed it...well done.
  15. Bellhorn04
    Yes, the threshold is going to increase to $189 million but the penalties for going over the threshold will be so steep that it will be close to being a salary cap.
  16. Bellhorn04
    Here are the numbers I have for the 2012 payroll for luxury tax purposes. This is before the Marlon Byrd transaction. The benefits and bonuses numbers come from Alex Speier of WEEI. According to these numbers we are about $9 million over the $178 million luxury tax threshold. 1 Gonzalez 22.00 2 Crawford 20.29 3 Beckett 17.00 4 Lackey 16.50 5 Ortiz 14.58 6 Youkilis 10.31 7 Matsuzaka 8.67 8 Ellsbury 8.05 9 Buchholz 7.38 10 Pedroia 6.80 11 Lester 6.00 12 Jenks 6.00 13 Bailey 3.90 14 Ross 3.00 15 Salty 2.50 16 Iglesias 2.06 17 Sweeney 1.75 18 Bard 1.61 19 Punto 1.50 20 Shoppach 1.35 21 Aceves 1.28 22 Aviles 1.20 23 Albers 1.05 24 Miller 1.04 25 Morales 0.85 25 man total 166.67 26-40 man total 8.00 Benefits 10.50 Bonuses 2.00 Total 187.17
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    Keith Foulke is a good example of a move that's hard to judge. He was a huge part of winning it in 2004, then a washout after that. So it was not a good value deal, but was it a move that you would make again? I think most Sox fans would say yes.
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    I don't disagree with that, but how does the failure rate for closers compare to the failure rate for starting pitchers?
  20. Bellhorn04
    I agree. Closer is different. To argue otherwise you would have to believe that there is no such thing as the psychological factor in sport. I think there is a huge fear factor in being a closer. Fear that you're going to blow the game and be the humiliated goat. It's a justifiable fear. Nobody ever forgets blown saves in pivotal games. Nobody ever forgets Schiraldi.
  21. Bellhorn04
    Interesting. I like it, obviously.
  22. Bellhorn04
    I'll be feeling much better about tonight if Shoppach is behind the plate again. Pitching staff's numbers this year by catcher: Salty 88 IP 7.36 ERA .942 OPS against Shopp 54 IP 4.50 ERA .687 OPS
  23. Bellhorn04
    I think Salty is definitely part of the problem.
  24. Bellhorn04
    Anybody like to know the team's record in games started by Saltalamacchia since he joined the team? Going into tonight's game, 49 wins 61 losses
  25. Bellhorn04
    Hmm, interesting question. This is kind of like pondering which form of gruesome death scares me the most. Personally I've decided that of all our array of lethal problems, the bullpen is the biggest. Since two relief pitchers are roughly equivalent to one everyday player, I'll go with Andrew Bailey and Mark Melon Balls. I'm afraid that neither one of these guys are going to pitch a quality inning for us this year. Which would not only be terrible for our chances, but would mean we'll be subjected to an endless parade of stories pointing out how Cherington flopped with his offseason moves.
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